Abstract: This paper investigates the near-resonance response to exogenous excitation of a class of networks of coupled linear and nonlinear oscillators with emphasis on the dependence on network topology, distribution of nonlinearities, ...

Abstract: In this paper, dynamical systems analysis and optimization tools are used to investigate the local dynamic stability of periodic task-related motions of simple models of the lower-body musculoskeletal ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper2 is to identify and, where possible, resolve singularities that may arise in the discretization of spatiotemporal boundaryvalue problems governing the steadystate behavior of nonlinear beam ...

Abstract: This paper establishes the internal mathematical and energetic consistency of a hybriddynamicalsystem, lumpedparameter, planar, physical model for capturing transient interactions between an elastically deformable tire and ...

Abstract: A combined control scheme relying on feedback-based local control in the vicinity of periodic system responses and global control based on a coarse-grained approximation to the nonlinear dynamics ...

Abstract: This paper presents an extended formulation of the basic continuation problem for implicitly defined, embedded manifolds in Rn. The formulation is chosen so as to allow for the arbitrary ...

Abstract: Limit-switch sensors are input-output devices that switch operating state in reaction to the crossing of a threshold value of their input. These are used to monitor and control critical values ...

Abstract: Tapping-mode atomic force microscopy has wide applications for probing the nanoscale surface and subsurface properties of a variety of materials in a variety of environments. Strongly nonlinear ...

Abstract: Electrically driven impact microactuators generate nanoscale displacements without large driving distances and high voltages. These systems exhibit complex dynamics because of inherent nonlinearities ...